Unused new-in-the-box Goldring Elite Cartridge for sale.
Never installed/used.
Gave it a quick test in-store, it's working.
Original packaging/box included.
In-store installation/calibration available for local customers
 
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The Elite is an ultra high-performance low-output moving coil cartridge which incorporates all of Goldring's most time-honoured design features. These include advanced magnetic circuitry with neodymium magnet and an ultra-rigid Pocan® body. The Elite incorporates a Gyger S line-contact nude diamond stylus, providing maximum groove information retrieval and an outstandingly smooth and extended frequency response. The Swedish iron armature is hand-wound with pure silver wire which provides much higher definition than is found in standard record cartridge construction.
 
The Elite represents the very best in traditional British audio technology and design.
 
Gyger S Stylus Profile
 
The Elite uses a nude, natural-diamond stylus with a Gyger S profile. This is a revolutionary, patented, line contact design which is shaped to more closely resemble the record cutting head than any previous type. It features a substantially flat frontal area and a triangular trailing section with the contact radii being at opposite ends of the front edge. These radii are necessarily larger than that of the cutting head but still small enough for the playback of quadraphonic recordings, at a minute 6 microns. The stylus profile is the main factor governing overall sound quality in a cartridge and the line-contact shape of the Gyger S allows the Elite to trace the smallest groove detail with complete fidelity. Mid-range tonality is incredibly accurate and precise with high frequency sibilance banished.
 
Frequency Response
20 Hz-30 kHz +/- 2 dB
Channel Balance
within 1 dB  @ 1 kHz
Channel Separation
better than 25 dB @ 1 kHz
Sensitivity
0.5 mV +/- 1 dB @ 1 kHz
Static Compliance
18 mm/N
Equivalent tip mass
0.35 mg
Vertical Tracking Angle
20 °
Stylus Radius
Gyger S
Stylus Type
Non-Replaceable
Load Resistance
100 Ω
Load Capacitance
100 - 500 pF
Internal Inductance
2  uH
Internal Resistance
8 Ω
Cartridge Mass
5.7 g
Cartridge Mass (inc. fixings)
6.6 g
Fixing Centre
0.5 " (12.7 mm)
Playing Weight
1.5 - 2.0 g (1.7 g nom.)